WAN Optimization
As companies consolidate their data centers to central offices, branch offices increasingly experience delays in application performance. This slow down occurs when the wide-area network (WAN) serves applications once served across the local-area network (LAN).
WAN Optimization enables most applications at branch offices to perform as if they were at the central office on a LAN.
By consolidating applications and reducing bandwidth requirements, companies can realize hard cost savings while improving employee productivity—potentially resulting in greater sales and customer satisfaction.
Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Most data networks leverage an Ethernet fabric, while storage networks often use fiber channel. This separation requires organizations to support two networks, increasing capital and operating expenditures.
Now, with the availability of 10G Ethernet, FCoE lets you combine data and storage functions onto one unified fabric. FCoE reduces costs by optimizing cabling, administration and hardware requirements. It can help your organization get a higher return on rack space in the datacenter and reduce redundant capital and operating costs.
